23/07/2018

Hospital vending machines: helping people make healthier choices

Public Health England -

Obesity-related illness costs the NHS around £6.1 billion per year and vending machines in hospitals can support healthy consumption habits amongst NHS staff, patients and visitors. This trial at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust used 17 cold drink and mixed snack vending machines to test whether changing the availability or positioning of products within the vending machines could encourage healthier choices and whether that was economically viable.